Dover manager Chris Kinnear is refusing to give up on the play-offs.

Whites are four points behind fifth-placed Aldershot in the National League after losing 2-1 at home to struggling Torquay on Saturday.

Kinnear's side do have a game in hand but even if they win that and beat Barrow on the final day of the season, Aldershot know victory at home to third-bottom Braintree in their last game would clinch the final play-off spot.

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But Kinnear said: "Stranger things happen. Yes, everybody’s disappointed but what do you do? Sulk and feel sorry for yourselves? No - you just get on with it.

"At this time of the season, to still have a chance of getting in the play-offs is an amazing feat for this club. Of course the players are down - they’re down every game they lose because they want to win.

"We’ve had a great season - three years on the trot in this league in the top-eight, whatever happens, is absolutely amazing for the players, the club and the supporters, who were really behind the lads at the end. It’s disappointing but that’s football.

"There’s a lot of sides who would like to be in our position - all the way through the season, always in the top seven or eight, making it interesting and that’s what football’s about.

"It’s no good feeling sorry for ourselves. No-one feels sorry for you so it’s no good feeling sorry for ourselves. We’ve got to pick ourselves up and move on."

Dover were undone by a Brett Williams goal in each half at Crabble on a day when they had plenty of possession but failed to turn their chances into goals.

Kinnear said: "They had one header and one shot in the whole game. We’re trying to push and it didn’t work for us today.

"For the first 44 minutes we were a lot better than them, then they scored and you’ve got to push a little bit and you’re panicking and it breaks down a bit.

"The pitch was bobbly so it was hard but that’s the way football goes.

"The first 44 minutes was all up their end and their keeper had so much to do. Ricky Miller had a few chances and the keeper pulled off a lot of saves.

"It’s the way football is at this time of the season, it’s all a little bit frantic.

"We’d like to have played better but there’s not many great games at this time of the season with pitches the way they are."

Dover are now guaranteed a top-eight finish for the third season running since their promotion to the National League in 2014.

"The supporters have had another great season," Kinnear said. "To finish, whatever happens, in the top-eight and be the live game on TV in the FA Cup, it’s been a great season.

"We want to do better but I’m sure every side below us, Wrexham, Eastleigh and all these massive clubs, would rather be in our position than where they are."